Belden Premaraj
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Band 2 : Construction
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About
Provided by Belden Premaraj
Practice Areas
Construction & Engineering
Oil & gas
Energy & Infrastructure
Arbitration
Adjudication
Mediation
Career
Belden Premaraj is the founding partner of Belden Advocates & Solicitors, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He is a Barrister from the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn and an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya.
He has had a specialist practice in arbitration and on-project advisory for the past 30 years with a focus in the construction and engineering, energy and infrastructure and oil and gas industries. He is regularly appointed as an arbitrator for complex and technical disputes both domestically and internationally. He has also acted as mediator, early neutral evaluator and expert determiner for a number of disputes.
Belden remains an active counsel, arbitrator and adjudicator in his practice area. He is on the panel of arbitrators of SIAC and AIAC and has sat on many other institutional arbitrations internationally.
Professional Memberships
Panel Arbitrator, Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC)
Panel Arbitrator, Adjudicator & Mediator, Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC)
Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)
Fellow, Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution (FAiADR)
Fellow, Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators (FMIArb)
Personal
Certified by AOTS of Japan on Commercial Arbitration for Asian Countries
Languages Spoken
English, Malay
Experience
Notable appointments as counsel in international and domestic arbitrations have included the following subject-matters and projects:-
● Design and construction of mixed developments in the UAE
● Steel erection top side works for 2 FPSO
● Painting and insulation works for an LNG plant and EPCC for Slug Catcher
● Design and delay dispute for an EPIC for MPUs
● Dredging and reclamation works for a container loading jetty
● Laser docking system, chilled water pipes, runway lighting systems and PC airplane cooling system in the KLIA project
● Double-track railway infrastructure, track works and systems EPCC
● Hydrogen Production Unit Plant and a Diesel Heater Treater Plant
● Steam Cracker Complex Facility
● Design and construction of a highway and a cable-stay bridge
● Design and construction of coal fired power station
● M&E works for a private hospital
● Construction of a reservoir, pumping plant and laying of pipelines
● BOT of a district cooling plant and ice storage system
● Design and construction of a sewerage treatment plant
● Road infrastructure works, including tunnelling works in Kuala Lumpur
● Design and construction of a steel-based mosque and religious complex in Putrajaya
● Design and construction of central railway station Kuala Lumpur
Appointments as Arbitrator include disputes involving:-
● EPC for oil and gas facilities including onshore and offshore facilities
● Joint venture oil production and refinery contracts
● Hydro power generation plant and works in Sri Lanka
● Highway and infrastructure works in India
● Mixed development in Abu Dhabi
● Brown field renovation works for an active hospital
● Project joint venture agreements
● Government infrastructure projects
● Renovation and refurbishment of police stations and quarters
His experience in Adjudication and other ADR processes includes:-
● Claims relating to the construction of a high-end hotel;
● Claims relating to booster transformers and signalling systems for a double track railway project;
● Claims relating to the construction of police quarters;
● Claims relating to water pumping systems for a cooling plant;
● Claims relating to the construction of office buildings.
Education
University of Liverpool, UK
LLB (Hons)
Awards
Top 100 Lawyers in Malaysia
Asia Business Law Journal
2022
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Key Sectors
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Energy and Utilities
Property, Construction and Infrastructure
Insurance